Re: [Scid-users] Scid versus other databases

2008-04-22 Thread Michal Rudolf
Pascal Georges, wtorek, 22 kwietnia 2008: Well again, if there are volunteers, they are much welcome (currently I will try some new ideas to fasten tree search ;-) ). Sure, this is much more important. Is CTS = CT-Art ? No, Chess Tactics Server: http://chess.emrald.net/ I consider CT Art to be

Re: [Scid-users] Scid versus other databases

2008-04-22 Thread Pascal Georges
I'm not much in CB/CA either, but a pretty nice feature in that direction is the almost free definition of keys which are as far as I understand it, just indicees to the DB. I use CA from time to time. Whenever I replay some game, which is in opening phase, I get the tree info (which moves

Re: [Scid-users] Scid versus other databases

2008-04-22 Thread Michal Rudolf
Marcin Kasperski, wtorek, 22 kwietnia 2008: I would say that the bigger screen I use, the more I dislike scid/gimp/dia/... window management, as more and more often I have problems with locating all those windows (well, of course it is impacted by the fact that I run more apps simultaneously in

Re: [Scid-users] Scid versus other databases

2008-04-22 Thread Michal Rudolf
Pascal Georges, wtorek, 22 kwietnia 2008: I think I have one solution to the tree speed problem : during the first moves, the cache should give an instant response. Then things get slow because Scid parses all games in database, which will get the games that transposes to current position and

Re: [Scid-users] Scid versus other databases

2008-04-22 Thread Michal Rudolf
Pascal Georges, wtorek, 22 kwietnia 2008: No, Chess Tactics Server: http://chess.emrald.net/ This site is really nice, even if the interface could be neater. Unfortunately I don't think they would allow the re-use of their database (I did not dare asking). I dont' think the would, but I

Re: [Scid-users] Scid versus other databases

2008-04-22 Thread Pascal Georges
2008/4/22, Michal Rudolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I suppose this is free http://webplaza.pt.lu/ckaber/Chess.htm#Chess training This resource is certainly the most promising, but this is the one I was referring to when writing that the site that made them available would not allow others to make it

Re: [Scid-users] Scid versus other databases

2008-04-22 Thread Michal Rudolf
Marcin Kasperski, wtorek, 22 kwietnia 2008: What if you don't have a game and just paste some FEN from opening? The same. Once I have position on the board, information what was played from this position shows up. This clearly is some plain So, it looks like all positions are cached? Or just

Re: [Scid-users] Scid versus other databases

2008-04-22 Thread Marcin Kasperski
So, it looks like all positions are cached? Or just those up to some move? Up to some move. IIRC it is configurable while building the direct tree, the standard is up to move 20 or so. What about matching games? Are they displayed immediately, or does it require some processing? Some

[Scid-users] Engine output differs when using SCID vs ChessBase GUI -- why?

2008-04-22 Thread Roy Brunjes
Hi All, I have been doing some studying of infinite analysis using engines and how they differ when running the engine under SCID from running the engine under other interfaces (I used Shredder8 GUI from Chessbase). The engine was run via wine in both the SCID case and the Chessbase case. The

Re: [Scid-users] Scid versus other databases

2008-04-22 Thread pgeorges
Michal Rudolf a écrit : Pascal Georges, wtorek, 22 kwietnia 2008: I think I have one solution to the tree speed problem : during the first moves, the cache should give an instant response. Then things get slow because Scid parses all games in database, which will get the games that

Re: [Scid-users] Scid versus other databases

2008-04-22 Thread Alexander Wagner
Michal Rudolf wrote: Hi! Michal Rudolf wrote: Actually, I really _LIKE_ the way scid is using the windows. I was never a real fan of MDI though and this point I really don't like in the CB-GUIs I normally check for reference as people are used to them. Scid does this IMHO better.

Re: [Scid-users] Scid versus other databases

2008-04-22 Thread Michal Rudolf
Alexander Wagner, wtorek, 22 kwietnia 2008: I don't like CB GUI either, but Scid is difficult to use on laptops, with their small screens and on some OSes with not so clever windows management. Hm, can't say anything against it if you say that. I admit that my notebooks always had 1024x768

[Scid-users] Fast tree

2008-04-22 Thread Pascal Georges
Hi, I commited some code in CVS where Tree window refresh is 20 times faster (sometimes more !). Here is the changelog : - added an option menu for Tree windows : Fast Mode. This will dramatically reduce the time needed to refresh the tree window but will not handle some move transpositions. It

Re: [Scid-users] Fast tree

2008-04-22 Thread Michal Rudolf
Pascal Georges, środa, 23 kwietnia 2008: Hi, I commited some code in CVS where Tree window refresh is 20 times faster (sometimes more !). Can you please remember CVS link? Here is the changelog : - added an option menu for Tree windows : Fast Mode. This will dramatically reduce the time needed

[Scid-users] Scid versus other databases

2008-04-22 Thread Benoit St-Pierre
Hello, Right now, I have five (!) Scid program boxes : Main, Analysis, Database Switcher, Game Notation and Game list is a little annoying. I can live with that : I like the windows of Scid as they are. But since we are comparing Scid with other databases, something must be said about the

[Scid-users] Feature requests

2008-04-22 Thread J. Wesley Cleveland
I just installed scid 3.6.23 and imported a big pgn database. There are a few features I'd like. 1. Some form of multiple selection in the game list window and commands to copy selected to clipbase, delete selected, and set filter to selected. I think a checkmark field would work well, but also